Mud-guard for bicycles



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No. 515,213. Patented Feb. 20, 1 894.

MARIUS E. GRISWOLD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MUD-GUARD FOR BICYQLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 515,213, dated February 20, 1894.

' Application filed March 27. 1 893. $eria1No. 46 7,784. (No model.)

To wZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARIUS E. GRISWOLD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ohicago, county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Mud-Guards for Bicycles, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a mud-guard which, when it is not needed, may be taken off the machine and folded up and carried in the pocket.

It consists of a collapsible frame or bracket attached to the rear fork which spreads a flexible band, the inner end of which is attached to the frame of the machine, together with a second flexible band attached at or near the end of the first, and which passes down under the treadle yoke and up to the front fork.

It further consists of details hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Figure l is a side elevation of a bicycle provided with my mud-guard. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the rear guard removed, showing the collapsible frame. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the front guard removed. Fig. 4 is an end view in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 2, of the hooks by which the frame is attached to the rear fork.

A represents the collapsible frame, a the hooks by which it is attached tothe rear fork of the machine, B the flexible band, C the hook by which the band is attached to the frame of the machine,D the forward band, d, d the hooks by which it is attached to the machine. The frame A is made of two wire rods jointed at about their middle points, b,b,by the adjoining ends of each section, being bent into a loop which encircles the other section, so that they slide upon one another. The hooks a, a, have their inner convolution turned upward so as to pass under the fork of the machine, and their outer one turned downward so as to pass over the fork, so that when the band B is drawn up tightly the books will form a rigid bracket against which itdraws. The hook O is preferably attached to the frame of the machine immediately under the saddle. The hook d on the band D is attached close to the hook C in order that as little space as possible may be left between the two bands. The band D is then passed down under the treadle yoke and up to the forward fork to which the hook d is attached. These bands are preferably made of an elastic material in order that they may be securely held in position by their own tension, when stretched, and also in order that they may fit machines of different sizes. The frame A may, however, be made sufficiently elasticto render it unnecessary that the bandB should be elastlc.

Instead of a sliding joint in A, such as shown, a knuckle joint, or any similar joint which is rigid in one direction, may be used.

WVhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The herein described mud-guard for bicycles, consistingof the combination of the jointed frame A removably attached to the rear fork, and the band B attached to said frame and to the frame of the machine, all substantially as shown and described.

2. The herein described mud-guard for b cycles, consisting of the elastic band D, passing under the treadle yoke, having the hooks d, d on each end, one of which is attached at or near the saddle, and the other to the front fork, all substantially as shown and described.

3. The herein described mud-guard for bicycles consisting of the combination of the folding frame A removably attached to the rear fork, the band 13 attached to said frame and to the frame of the machine and the elastic band D, one end of which is attached at or near the end of the band B, and which passes under the treadle yoke, the other end of which is attached to the front fork, all substantially as shown and described.

4. The herein described mud-guard for bicycles consisting of the combination of the elastic folding frame A, removably attached to the rear fork, having the sliding joints 1) therein, and the band B, one end of which is attached to said frame, and the other end of which carries a hook 0, all substantially as shown and described.

5. The herein described folding frame for a mud-guard, consisting of the two jointed rods, each having a hook or bracket a, adapted to embrace the fork of the machine, all substantially as shown and described.

MARIUS E. GRISWOLD. 

